Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Friends who follow us, on the afternoon of September 21, 2021, we received a big surprise as a very peculiar turtle was seen emerge during the birth of a nest of the golf species. This calf is mostly white tonality and just some black spots, although it was intended to catalog as albino, the term for this depigmentation is Pieballdism; an uncommon genetic defect where anomalies in skin pigmentation are restricted to hair and to the skin. Photography: @JanitzioRamosJacino

A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.

Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.

A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.

Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.

Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.

I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Friends who follow us, on the afternoon of September 21, 2021, we received a big surprise as a very peculiar turtle was seen emerge during the birth of a nest of the golf species. This calf is mostly white tonality and just some black spots, although it was intended to catalog as albino, the term for this depigmentation is Pieballdism; an uncommon genetic defect where anomalies in skin pigmentation are restricted to hair and to the skin. Photography: @JanitzioRamosJacino

Campamento Tortuguero "Ventanilla"

Amigos que nos siguen, la tarde del 21 de septiembre de 2021, recibimos una gran sorpresa ya que durante el nacimiento de un nido de la especie golfina se vio  emerger a una tortuga muy peculiar. Esta cría presenta en su mayoría una tonalidad blanca y solo algunas manchas negras, aunque se pretendía catalogar como albina, el término para esta despigmentación es Piebaldismo; un defecto genético infrecuente donde las anomalías en la pigmentación de la piel se restringen al pelo  y a la piel. 